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Miklos Bolza

Teacher 'unaware' about risks of student sexual abuse

Helga Lam does not have to pay compensation to students she's accused of molesting in the 1970s. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS)

A former teacher has avoided having to pay more than $2 million to students over sexual abuse five decades ago after a judge found she had been unaware her conduct was harmful at the time.

Helga Lam taught languages at a school in Sydney's eastern suburbs in 1978 and 1979 when she alleged sexually abused multiple students.

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